- Peter Abraham, The Journal News
- Dave Albee, Marin Independent Journal
- Maury Allen, New York Post, retired
- Dom Amore, The Hartford Courant
- Mel Antonen, USA Toda
- Phil Arvia, Daily Southtown
- Bill Ballou, Telegram & Gazette of Worcester
- Mike Bauman, MLB.com
- Ira Berkow, The New York Times
- Jeff Blair, Toronto Globe and Mail
- Barry Bloom, MLB.com
- Ron Blum, Associated Press
- Paul Bodi, MLB.com
- Hal Bodley, USA Today
- Thomas Boswell, Washington Post (non-voting member)
- Pat Borzi, New York Times
- Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Mark Bradley, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Steve Buckley, Boston Herald
- Don Burke, Newark Star-Ledger
- Jim Caple, ESPN
- Mike Celizic, MSNBC
- Bill Center, The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Murray Chass, New York Times (non-voting member)
- Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Bill Conlin, Philadelphia Daily News
- Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Jerry Crasnick, ESPN
- Ken Davidoff, Newsday
- Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle
- Mike Dodd USA Today
- Mike Downey, Chicago Tribune
- Rich Draper, MLB.com
- Gordon Edes, Boston Globe
- Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun
- Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic
- Jeffrey Flanagan, The Kansas City Star
- Gerry Fraley Dallas Morning News
- Tom Gage, The Detroit News
- Peter Gammons, ESPN
- Pedro Gomez, ESPN
- Ken Gurnick, MLB.com
- Mark Gonzalez, Chicago Tribune
- Jerry Green, The Detroit News
- Tony Grossi, The Plain Dealer
- Paul Hagen, Philadelphia Daily News
- Jim Hawkins, The Oakland Press
- John Henderson, Tampa Tribune
- Lynn Henning, The Detroit News
- Jon Heyman, Sports Illustrated
- Jerome Holtzman, Chicago Tribune
- Jeff Horrigan, Boston Herald
- Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer
- Rick Hummel St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle
- Chuck Johnson USA Today
- Richard Justice Houston Chronicle
- Dick Kaegel, MLB.com
- Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News
- Bob Klapisch, ESPN
- Mike Klis, Denver Post
- Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
- Michael Knisley, ESPN
- Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Doug Krikorian, Long Beach Press-Telegram
- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN
- Joseph Liao, World Journal
- Paul Ladewski, Daily Southtown
- Mike Lefkow, Contra Costa Times
- Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer
- Seth Livingstone USA Today
- Bill Madden, New York Daily News
- Tony Massarotti, Boston Herald
- Sean McAdam, ESPN
- Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News
- Dan McGrath, Chicago Tribune
- Paul Meyer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Bernie Miklasz St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Scott Miller, CBS Sportsline
- Larry Milson, The Globe and Mail
- Jim Molony, MLB.com
- Carrie Muskat, MLB.com
- Bob Nightengale USA Today
- Mark Newman, MLB.com
- Marty Noble, MLB.com
- Jack O'Connell Hartford Courant
- Dave O'Hara, retired
- Buster Olney, ESPN
- Rob Parker, The Detroit News
- Jeff Peek, Traverse City Record Eagle
- Mike Peticca, The Plain Dealer
- Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times (non-voting member)
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
- Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News
- Phil Rogers, ESPN
- Bob Rosen, Elias Sports Bureau
- Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports
- Roger Rubin, New York Daily News
- Jim Salisbury, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Alan Schwarz, Baseball America
- Chaz Scoggins, The Sun of Lowell
- Dan Shaughnessy, The Boston Globe
- Bud Shaw, The Plain Dealer
- John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle
- Joel Sherman, New York Post
- Claire Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Jim Sohan, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Lyle Spencer, MLB.com
- Jayson Stark, ESPN
- Kit Stier, The Journal News
- Larry Stone, Seattle Times
- Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Jim Street, MLB.com
- Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
- T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com
- Dave van Dyck, Chicago Tribune
- Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
"Sixteen of the 18 nominations were recommended for approval: Scott Miller from CBS Sportsline; Jim Caple, Jerry Crasnick, Peter Gammons, Tim Kurkjian, Amy Nelson, Buster Olney, and Jayson Stark from ESPN; Ken Rosenthal from FoxSports; John Donovan, Jon Heyman, and Tom Verducci from SI; and Tim Brown, Steve Henson, Jeff Passan, and Dan Wetzel from Yahoo. "
Who are the two that missed the cut, you ask? Oh, nobody you've heard of. At least there's a good reason for this (from comment #90):
"One of the requirements for membership in the BBWAA is the need to be at Major League ballparks. Several members questioned whether Rob and Keith meet that requirement.Oh. Nevermind. Because attending lots of Tigers games allowed Gage and Hawkins to make such informed selections in this year's MVP voting, right?
Some board members informally contacted folks at ESPN with this question and were told neither Rob nor Keith regularly attend big-league games and do not need to do so in order to do their jobs.
I can guarantee you that if my supervisors reported that to the BBWAA about me, I wouldn't have a card.
Also, this is how the system works. Newspapers designate candidates for membership. Reporters don't apply on their own. We followed the same basic procedure in adding internet reporters.
One difference: Candidates have always been reviewed each year by a chapter chairman, but since the internet sites were applying through the national office, they were reviewed by the national board of directors.
I've been in contact with Keith and Rob since the vote. Keith said he does attend games on a regular basis and expects to increase his attendance in the coming year.
If that's true, and I have no reason to doubt Keith, I hope ESPN confirms this and resubmits his name next year for consideration. If so, I would expect him to be approved.
I haven't heard back from Rob at this point, but if the view on his need was similarly misrepresented, I hope ESPN also resubmits him as a candidate.
Bob Dutton
BBWAA president"
Just another addition to the long list of votes pathetically screwed up by this organization, I guess.
Update: FJM chimes in:
"Mr. Neyer, Mr. Law: you are not "beat" enough to be beat writers for the BBWAA. You do not spend enough time smelling players' sweat and managers' chaw. Your brand of writing -- writing about facts, information, and data -- will not be tolerated within their ranks. Gentlemen: congratulations."Update 2: More debate in the comments of Law's blog.
Update 3: Another BBTF thread.
4 comments:
How could they take any excuse not to include Rob Neyer? The awards would most likely be better if he were the only one voting on them than if all of the BBWAA members voted on them without him.
"Most likely" is a dramatic understatement.
In his blog for the Globe and Mail Jeff Blair said that the only two players he's going to vote for this year are Tim Raines and Mark McGwire.
Just thought you and your readers would be interested in knowing.
Rob doesn't qualify because he doesn't attend enough baseball games? That's just silly. Rob is the reason I know about OPS, baseball prospectus, baseball-reference.com and the like. Besides being humble and intelligent, he knows more about baseball than the staid, old folks who are currently members.
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